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Endowment Funds

Department of English

Our funds are listed below, in alphabetical order. If a page on the OSU iGive Web site for the fund exists, then the name of the fund is directly linked to that page, where you can make your contribution to that fund through a secure, online connection. Or feel free to directly contact our Director of Development, Margo J. Wolanin at 614-292-3487 or via e-mail at wolanin.2@osu.edu.

Select Fund name to visit The OSU igive Web site for that fund.

• David Citino Memorial Fund (661060)
  Professor David Citino, poet. He served O.S.U. from 1974-2005. Poet Laureate of the University, Exemplary Faculty Award Winner, Alumni Professional Achievement Award Winner, and recipient of the 2004 Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio. Not limited to but including Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships and Travel Abroad Experiences for Students in the English and Creative Writing Departments.
• Department of English Discretionary Fund (307050)
  Contributions are used to help defray the costs of activities the Department sponsors for its faculty, students, and staff. These activities, which might include holding a reception for a visiting scholar or purchasing tickets that allow English majors to attend a Shakespearean play, promote and enhance the academic programs and environment of the Department.
• Dr. Marlene B. Longenecker English Faculty Citizenship Award (312659)
  Annual award for one English Department faculty member who embodies generosity and citizenship in the Department of English and is selected by the chair of the English Department.
• Friends of the English Department (307563 )
  Contributions are used to support and enhance the activities of faculty and students in the Department of English who specialize in teaching writing and in studying rhetorical practices through the ages.
• Kitty O Locker Memorial Fund (480306)
  Kitty O. Locker, English professor of Rhetoric and Composition at O.S.U. for 20 years. Outstanding Researcher Award, 1992; Outstanding Teacher Award, 1998. To Support Teaching Awards and Undergradute and Graduate Scholarships in the Department of English.
• The Creative Writing Program Fund (312496)
  Program support for the Creative Writing Program, in the English Department at Ohio State University from various donors.
• The Rosemarie Sena Endowed Scholarship Fund (606467)
  Income provides scholarships for full-time undergraduate English majors.
• The William Lacock Fund (303716)
  To Support the English Department's Creative Writing Program to Award English Students and Teachers.